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CHARTERS, LAWS AND REGULATIONS 



OF 



Bowdoin College 



AND OF THE 



MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE 



TOGETHER WITH 

STANDING RULES AND ORDERS 

OF THE 

BOARD OF OVERSEERS 

AND 

PLAN FOR NOMINATING OVERSEERS 
BY THE ALUMNI 




PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE BOARDS 

1898 



CHARTERS, LAWS AND REGULATIONS 



OF 



Bowdoin College 



AND OF THE 



MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE 



TOGETHER WITH 



STANDING RULES AND ORDERS 



OF THE 

BOARD OF OVERSEERS f 



AND 

PLAN FOR NOMINATING OVERSEERS 
BY THE ALUMNI 




PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE BOARDS 
1898 



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CHARTER OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



An act to establish a college in the town of Brunswick in 
the district of maine within this commonwealth. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- college estab- 
tives in General Court assembled and by the Authority f hshe - 
the same, that there be erected and established in the 
Town of Brunswick in the District of Maine, a College 
for the purpose of educating Youth, to be called and 
known by the name of Bowdoin College, to be under the 
Government and regulation of two certain bodies, politic 
and corporate, as hereafter in this Act is provided. 

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, Persons incor- 
that the Kevd. Thomas Brown, Eevd. Samuel Dean D. D., Trustees as 
John Frothingham Esqr., Revd. Daniel Little, Revd. 
Thomas Lancaster, Honble. Josiah Thacher and David 
Mitchel Esqrs., Rev'd Tristram Gilman, Revd. Alden 
Bradford, Thomas Rice Esqr. and Mr. William Martin, 
together with the President and Treasurer of the said 
College for the time being, to be chosen as in this Act 
is hereafter directed, be and hereby are created a body 
politic and corporate by the name of the President and 
Trustees of Bowdoin College, and that they and their 
successors, and such others as shall be duly elected 
members of the said Corporation, shall be and remain a 
body politic and corporate by that name forever. 

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, President and 
that for the more orderly conducting the Business of the thefrpowers. 
said Corporation, the President and Trustees shall have 
full power and authority from time to time, to elect a 
Vice-President and Secretary of the said Corporation 
and to declare the tenures and duties of their respective 
Offices, and also to remove any Trustee from the same 
Corporation, when in their Judgement he shall be ren- 
dered incapable by age, or otherwise, of discharging the 
duties of his Office, or shall neglect or refuse to perform 
the same ; and to fill up all vacancies in the said Corpora- 
tion, by electing such persons for Trustees, as they shall 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Corporation 
may have a 
Seal and sue 
and be sued, 
etc. 



proviso. judge best : Provided nevertheless, that the Number of 

the said Trustees, including the President and Treasurer 
of the said College, for the time being, shall never be 
greater than thirteen, nor less than seven. 

And be it further enacted that the said Corporation may 
have one common Seal, which they may change, break or 
renew at their pleasure ; and that all deeds signed and 
delivered by the Treasurer and sealed with their seal, by 
order of the President and Trustees, shall when made in 
their corporate name, be considered in Law as the deeds of 
the said corporation ; and that the said Corporation may 
sue and be sued in all actions real, personal or mixed ; and 
may prosecute and defend the same to final Judgement 
and Execution by the name of the President and Trustees 
of Bowdoin College ; and that the said Corporation shall 
be capable of having, holding and taking in fee simple or 
any less estate, by Gift, Grant, Devise or otherwise, any 
lands, tenements, or other Estate real or personal ; Pro- 
vided nevertheless that the annual clear income of the 
same, shall not exceed the sum of Ten thousand pounds. 
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, 
fngsToffiSrs! that the said Corporation shall have full power and author- 
&c - ity to determine at what times and places their meetings 

shall be holden, and on the manner of notifying the 
Trustees to convene at such meetings, and also from time 
to time to elect a President and Treasurer of the said Col- 
lege, and such Professors, Tutors, Instructors and other 
officers of the said College, as they shall judge most for 
the interest thereof, and to determine the duties, salaries, 
emoluments and tenures, of their several Offices aforesaid : 
(the said President for the time being, when elected and 
inducted into his office, to be, ex Officio, President of the 
said Corporation) ; and also to purchase or erect and keep 
in repair such houses & other buildings as they shall judge 
necessary for the said College ; and also to make and 
ordain as occasion may require, reasonable rules, orders 
& bye Laws, not repugnant to the laws of this Common- 
wealth, with reasonable penalties for the good Govern- 
ment of the said College ; and also to determine & pre- 
scribe the mode of ascertaining the qualifications of the 
Students requisite to their admission ; and also to confer 



Proviso. 



Authorized to 



CHARTER. 

such degrees as are usually conferred by Universities 
established for the education of Youth ; and a majority 
of the members of said Corporation, present at any legal 
meeting, shall decide all questions which may properly 
come before the said Trustees ; Provided nevertheless, that Proviso. 
no corporate Business shall be transacted at any meeting, 
unless seven at least of the Trustees are present : And 
provided further, that the said Corporation shall confer no 
degrees other than those of Bachelor of Arts and Master 
of Arts, until after the first day of January, which will be 
in the Year of our LORD, one Thousand, eight hundred 
and ten. 

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that Appropria- 
te clear rents, issues and profits of all the estate real and tlons- 
personal of which the said Corporation shall be seized or 
possessed, shall be appropriated to the endowment of the 
said College in such manner as shall most effectually pro- 
mote Virtue and Piety and the knowledge of such of the 
languages an d of the useful and liberal Arts and Sciences 
as shall hereafter be directed from time to time by the 
said Corporation. 

And more effectually to provide for the wise and regular 
Government of the said College, and for the prudent admin- 
istration of the funds belonging to it, by establishing a 
supervising body with proper powers ; 

Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that no transaction 
no election made by the said Corporation, either of Trust- ation^to^av'e 
ees to fill up Vacancies, or of President or Treasurer of any effect, un- 
the said College, or of any other Officer of the said Col- by thifover- 
lege, nor any Vote or Order of the said Corporation to seers * 
remove any Trustee, or any Officer of the said College, or 
to purchase or erect any house or other building for the 
said College, or to determine what Officers shall be estab- 
lished for the said College, or the duties, salaries, emolu- 
ments or tenures of such Offices, or for the Appropriation 
of any of their funds or monies, or for the acceptance of 
any Estate, when the donation thereof was made upon 
condition, or for determining the qualifications for the 
Students requisite to their Admission, or for the confer- 
ring of any Degrees, or for the making, altering, amend- 
ing or repealing any rules, orders or bye Laws for the 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Government of the said College, shall have any force, 
effect or validity, until the same shall have been agreed to 
by the Overseers of said Bowdoin College, hereafter in 
this Act created. 
josiah And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, 

Iut£on r ze?. q * that the Honble. Josiah Thacher Esqr. be, and he is 
hereby authorized and empowered to fix the time and 
place for holding the first meeting of the said Trustees, 
and to notify each of said Trustees thereof in writing. 

And for the establishing of the supervising body tvith 
proper powers above mentioned; 
overseers in- Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that 
corpoiate . Edward Cutts, Thomas Cutts, Symon Frye, David Sewall, 
and JSTathl. Wells Esqrs.,Revd. Moses Hemmenway,D. D., 
Revd. Silas Moody, Revd. John Thompson, Revd. Nathl. 
Webster, Revd. Paul Coffin, Revd. Benjamin Chadwick, 
Revd. Sam'l Eaton, Revd. Samuel Foxcroft, Revd. Caleb 
Jewett, Rev'd Alfred Johnson, Revd. Elijah Kellogg, 
Revd. Ebenezer Williams, Revd. Charles Turner, Daniel 
Davis, Samuel Freeman, Joshua Fabyan, William Gorham, 
Stephen Longfellow, Joseph Noyes, Isaac Parsons, Robert 
Southgate, John Wait, Peleg Wadsworth, and William 
Wedgery Esqrs., Revd. Ezekiel Emerson, Jonathan Ellis, 
Jonathan Bowman, Edmund Bridge, Daniel Con} r , Henry 
Dearborn, Dummer Sewall, Samuel Thompson, John 
Dunlap, Francis Winter, Nathaniel Thwing, Alexander 
Campbell and Paul Dudley Sargeant Esqrs., together with 
the President of the College, and the Secretary of the 
Corporation first created in this Act, for the time being, 
be, and they are hereby created a body politic and cor- 
porate by the name of the Overseers of Bowdoin College, 
and that they, their Successors and such others as shall be 
duly elected into the said Corporation of Overseers 
shall be and remain a body politic and corporate by that 
name forever. 
May have a And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, 

fcute a aud P de-~ that the members of the said Corporation of Overseers 
tend. ma y have one common Seal, which they may change, 

break and renew at their pleasure, and that they may sue 
or be sued, prosecute and defend unto final Judgement 
and Execution, by the name of the Overseers of Bow- 
doin College. 



CHARTER. 7 

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid , corporation 
that for the orderly conducting the business of the said | JJ^eorderiy 
last mentioned Corporation, the Members thereof shall conducting 

ttlfi DUS1I16S8 

have full power from time to time, as they shall deter- 
mine to elect a President, Vice President, & Secretary, 
and to fix the tenures and duties of their respective Offices 
and also to determine at what times and places their meet- 
ings shall be holden and upon the manner of notifying the 
Overseers to convene at such meetings ; and also to remove 
any Overseer from the said Corporation, when in their 
judgement he shall be rendered incapable by Age or other- 
wise, or shall neglect or refuse to discharge the duties of 
his Office ; and also to fill up all vacancies in the said Cor- 
poration of Overseers, by electing such persons for Over- 
seers, as they shall judge best qualified therefor ; and a 
majority of the members present at any legal meeting 
shall decide all questions which may properly come before 
the said Overseers : — Provided nevertheless that the p roV iso. 
number of the said Overseers including the President of 
the College, and the Secretary of the Corporation last 
above created, shall never be greater than forty-five, nor 
less than twenty-five. 

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, overseers 
that the Overseers of said Bowdoin College, shall have powe??o V agree 
power to agree or disagree to anv election, vote, order or or not.respect- 

1 ° e •/ ' * ing any trans- 

act of the President and Trustees of said College, where actions of the 

the agreement of the said Overseers is made necessary by Trustees. 
this Act to give force, effect and validity to such election, 
vote, order or act ; and they are hereby directed to notify 
the said President & Trustees of such agreement or dis- 
agreement in convenient time thereafter ; and the said 
Overseers are also empowered to call upon any Treasurer 
of the said College, his Executors and Administrators, to 
render to them a just and true Account of all the doings 
of such Treasurer in his said office, as often as the said 
Overseers shall direct. Provided nevertheless that no cor- 
porate Business shall be transacted at any meeting of the 
Overseers aforesaid, unless fifteen of them at the least are 
present. 

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, Trea8urer to 
that the Treasurer of the said College shall before he enter give bonds. 



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:n college. 



and thai all ::r monies, secunUes 
: the President and Trustees of B< 



± :es f T;:;- 
teeasc 

ex: r__: — 



upon the execution of tLre Duties :: hk Office, gi re bond 
I the said Overseers in such penalty and ~::u such sure- 
ties as they shall approve of, conditioned for the : thful 
arge of the duties of the said Office, and for render- 
ing a just and true account of his doing therein 
required. all the monies, securities, and 

property of 
age, I str- 
and proceed 
appertain to 
ieuiau .1 rua a 
;.:;:"' a jc ~euv 
all monie- : 
upon such 
and Trustee] 
I as abc ve 

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid. 



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uccessor in that Office ; and 
virtue of any suit 

: - " e : : ' tie P r e = 
e . : r 1 to the Appropria- 



Es:. a-:z:ri2- 



may alter or 

re:::-::: : : - - 
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that no T; 

dent and Secretary first 

: r - : : : : : a e - a : a . 
ing as : —aid) shall be 
cease to he a Trustee itnrn< 
;: ... :e ;: a:; Oversee: : a:: 
College cxccrt:ii2 ^ afrr, 
a Trustee, he shall cease 
:. : : rv ting tie rlaee : : a I: 

^LriJ 6e it further enact 
thai the honorable David 5 
is authorized and empowei 
tae u:~: rr.eetir.^: ' :' the 
lege, & to notify :_t - aid 
izii the - Lie tii: re ~eeks s 
land Newspaper- ; 
weeks at the leai 
meeting. 

A : : f .'* _-".. " : r - f -.awe a 
that the Legisl a : a r e : : this Cc 
further powers to. or alter, lii 
wei a by this Act reste 
shall be judged necessary to 
of the amid College. 



allege, excepting the Presi- 
de mentioned shall be an 

aa. : . : : any Trustee 
: -en :.:: a , ae -_:."_. 

tr.v ur "'ir Iris accepting the 
: aay Oversee: 

shall hereafter l>e elf 
be an Overseer upon his 



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.f the Port- 

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rain any of 
poration as 



CHARTER. 9 

And be {'further enacted hy the Authority aforesaid, LMdagimated 

that there be. and hereby is granted live : ps of land to2?ktt 

of the contents of six miles square each, to be laid out dis P° a * 1 - 

and assigned from any of the unappropriated lands belong- 
ing to this Commonwealth in the District 01 Maine, the 
same to be Tested in the trustees oi Bowdoin College and 
their successors forever, for the use. benefit and purr 9e 
of supporting the said College to be by them holden in 
their corporate capacity with full power cv. authority to 
settle, divide and manage the same townships or any part 
thereof, or to sell, convey, and dispose of the same in 
such way and manner as shall best promote the welfare 
of said College, the same to be laid out under the direc- 
tion of the Committee for the sale of eastern lands, and a 
plan or plans thereof returned into the Secretary's office — 
led the trustees aforesaid or their assigns shall cause 
to be settled fifteen families in each ox said townships 
within twelve years from the passing this act. And pro- pi- : ...... 

j there shall be reserved in each township three 
lots of three hundred and twenty acres each for the fol- 
lowing uses. I'/'r.. one lot for the first settled minister, one 
lot for the use of the ministry, and one lot for the use of 
schools in each of said townships. 

Approved June 24. 1 794. 



10 BOWDOIN COLLEGE, 



EXTRACTS FROM ACT OF SEPARATION. 

" AN ACT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS RELATING 
TO THE SEPARATION OF THE DISTRICT OF MAINE FROM MAS- 
SACHUSETTS PROPER, AND FORMING THE SAME INTO A SEPARATE 
AND INDEPENDENT STATE." 

" tSeventh. All grants of land, franchises, immunities 
corporate or other rights, and all contracts for, or grants 
of land not yet located, which have been or may be made 
by the said Commonwealth, before the separation of said 
district shall take place, and having or to have effect 
within the said district, shall continue in full force, after 
the said district shall become a separate State. But the 
grant which has been made to the President and Trustees 
of Bowdoin College, out of the tax laid upon the banks, 
within this Commonwealth, shall be charged upon the tax 
upon the banks within the said district of Maine, and paid 
according to the terms of said grant ; and the President 
and Trustees, and the Overseers of said College, shall 
have, hold and enjoy their powers and privileges in all 
respects ; so that the same shall not be subject to be 
altered, limited, annulled or restrained except by judicial 
process, according to the principles of law ; and in all 
grants hereafter to be made, by either State, of unlocated 
land within the said district, the same reservation shall be 
made for the benefit of schools and of the ministry, as 
have heretofore been usual, in grants made by this Com- 
monwealth. And all lands heretofore granted by this Com- 
monwealth, to any religious, literary or eleemosynary 
corporation, or society, shall be free from taxation, while 
the same continues to be owned by such corporation, or 
society." 

" Ninth. These term and conditions, as here set forth, 
when the said district shall become a separate and inde- 
pendent State, shall ipso facto, be incorporated into, and 
become and be a part of any Constitution, provisional or 



CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS. 11 

other, under which the government of the said proposed 
State, shall, at any time hereafter, be administered ; sub- 
ject however, to be modified, or annulled by the agree- 
ment of the legislature of both the said States ; but by no 
other power or body whatsoever. " 

(This Act was approved June 19, 1819.} 

Note. — By Sec. 5, of Article 10, of the Constitution of Maine, the 
above provisions are a part of the Constitution of the State, but 
pursuant to Sec. 4, of said article, are " omitted in any printed 
copies thereof prefixed to the laws of the State." 

The Charter of the College and these provisions of the Act of Sep- 
aration have been construed by the United States Circuit Court for 
the District of Maine, in the case of William Allen v. Joseph McKeen, 
reported in Sumner's Reports, Yol. 1, page 276, where Judge Story 
drew the opinion and held that certain Acts of the Legislature of 
Maine, making alterations in the Charter, were unconstitutional. 



EXTRACT FROM CONSTITUTION OF MAINE. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

LITERATURE. 

A general diffusion of the advantages of education being Legislature 
essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of towiL r to su™ 
the people ; to promote this important object, the Legis- ^p^ 110 
lature are authorized, and it shall be their duty to require, 3iMe., 272. 
the several towns to make suitable provision, at their i872, e c.' 56. ' 
own expense, for the support and maintenance of public 
schools ; and it shall further be their duty to encourage _ shal i endow 
and suitably endow, from time to time, as the circum- colleges and 
stances 01 the people may authorize, all academies, col- 
leges and seminaries of learning within the State : pro — proviso, 
vided, that no donation, grantor endowment shall at any 
time be made by the Legislature to any literaiy insti- 
tution now established, or which may hereafter be 
established, unless, at the time of making such endow- 
ment, the Legislature of the State shall have the right 
to grant any further powers to alter, limit or restrain 
any of the powers vested in, any such literary institution, 
as shall be judged necessary to promote the best interests 
thereof. 



12 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION. 



STATE OF MAINE. 

IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND 
NINETY- ONE. 

AN ACT relating to the President and Trustees of Bow- 
doin College. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives in Legislature assembled, as follows : All provis- 
ions of law limiting the amount of property which may 
be taken and held, or the amount of income which may be 
received by the President and Trustees of Bowdoin Col- 
lege, are repealed, and that corporation may take and 
hold property and receive income, for the purposes for 
which it was incorporated, to any amount. 

{Approved February 16, 1891.) 



In the Board of Trustees of Bowdoin College, June 
23, 1891. 

Voted. That the Act of the Legislature of Maine, 
entitled an Act relating to the President and Trustees of 
Bowdoin College, approved February 16, 1891, be and is 
hereby accepted. 

Sent to the Board of Overseers for agreement. 

F. M. Drew, Secretary. 

In the Board of Overseers of Bowdoin College, June 
23, 1891. Read twice and agreed to. 

I. P. Booker, Secretary. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE. 

RESOLVE relating to the President and Trustees of 
Bowdoin College. 

Whereas, the Legislature of the State of Maine has 
enacted a statute, approved the sixteenth day of Pebru- 



ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION. 13 

ary in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, in the 
following terms, namely : 

" All provisions of law limiting the amount of property 
which may be taken and held, or the amount of income 
which may be received by the President and Trustees of 
Bowdoin College, are repealed, and that corporation may 
take and hold property and receive income for the pur- 
poses for which it was incorporated to any amount " and 

Whereas, the President and Trustees of Bowdoin Col- 
lege, have asked the agreement of the legislature of Mas- 
sachusetts to the said statute according to the ninth para- 
graph of the Articles of Separation, now therefore, in 
agreement to said statute, 

Resolved, That all provisions of law limiting the amount 
of property which may be taken and held, or the amount 
of income which may be received by the President and 
Trustees of Bowdoin College, are repealed, and that Cor- 
poration may take and hold property and receive income, 
for the purposes for which it was incorporated to any 
amount. 

(Approved, April 23, 1891.) 



In the Board of Trustees of Bowdoin College, June 23, 
1891. 

Voted, That the resolve of the Legislature of the Com- 
monwealth of Massachusetts, entitled a Resolve relating 
to the President and Trustees of Bowdoin College, ap- 
proved, April 23, 1891, be and hereby is accepted. 

Sent to the Board of Overseers for agreement. 

F. M. Drew, Secretary. 

In the Board of Overseers of Bowdoin College, June 
23, 1891. Read twice and agreed to. 

I. P. Booker, Secretary, 



14 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



CHARTER OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE. 



School under 
direction of 
President, 
&c, of Bow- 
doin College. 



Professors to 
be appointed, 
&c. 



Amount of 
Grants. 



STATE OF MAINE. 
AN ACT to established a Medical School in this State. 

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bep- 
resentatives, in Legislature assembled, That there be and 
hereby is established, under the control, superintendence 
and direction of the President and Trustees and Overseers 
of Bowdoin College, a Medical School for the instruction 
of students in Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery, Chemistry, 
Mineralogy and Botany. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said President 
and Trustees and Overseers, of Bowdoin College be, and 
they hereby are authorized to appoint, and it shall be 
their duty to appoint, as soon as may be, learned Profes- 
sors of Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery, Chemistry, Miner- 
alogy and Botany, who shall deliver regular lectures in 
their respective branches at such times as the corporation 
shall prescribe. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That there be and here- 
by is granted to the President and Trustees and Over- 
seers of Bowdoin College for the benefit of the said Med- 
ical School, and for procuring the necessary books, plates, 
preparations and apparatus, the sum of fifteen hundred dol- 
lars, to be paid out of the Treasury of this State, out of 
any monies not otherwise appropriated by law ; and the 
further sum of one thousand dollars annually until the 
legislature shall otherwise order and direct. 

(This act ivas approved June 27, 1820.) 



LAWS. 15 



LAWS OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



CHAPTER T. 

ADMISSION INTO COLLEGE. 

1. The course of study shall be such as shall be pre- course of 
scribed from time to time by the Boards, and shall main- study - 
tain the standard adopted in the leading American colleges. 

There shall be four undergraduate classes : — namely, Clasges 
the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes; 
and no person shall be admitted into either of them, un- 
less he produces satisfactory testimonials of his good 
moral character. 

2. The requirements for admission to the Freshman Requirements 
class shall be such as shall be from time to time prescribed for admiS8ion - 
by the Boards, and both the prescribed course of study 

and requirements for admission to the College shall be 
printed in detail in the annual catalogue. 

No person shall be admitted to advanced standing Advanced 
unless he has sustained a satisfactory examination upon standing. 
the studies which have been pursued by the class into 
which he seeks admission. For the foregoing require- 
ments real equivalents in the same branches of study will 
be accepted. 

3. Every student, when admitted, shall receive a copy Matriculates 
of the Regulations, with a certificate of his admission into to give bond. 
College, signed by the President, and shall immediately 

deliver to the Treasurer a Bond, with satisfactory surety 
or sureties, in the sum of two hundred dollars, for the 
payment of his term bills. Special students shall give a 
bond in such sum as may be determined by the Faculty. 
And for any unnecessary or unreasonable delay in deliv- 
ering the bond, the student shall be excluded from the 
privileges of the College. 

Every student admitted to advanced standing, unless he Tuition for 
comes recommended from some other College, shall pay ^^£1? 
to the Treasurer, for every full term's advancement after 



16 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Students on 
probation un- 
til matricu- 
lated. 



Admission on 
certificates of 
approved 
schools. 



Certificates in 

preliminary 

examinations. 



Examinations 
maybe held in 
other places 
than Bruns- 
wick. 



Post Graduate 
Course. 



the Freshman year, the sura charged for a terra's tuition. 
The sura charged for each term of Freshman year shall 
be five dollars. 

4. Every student admitted, unless he comes recom- 
mended from another College, shall be put upon proba- 
tion for such time as the Faculty may determine. If his 
probation is satisfactorily sustained, he shall be matricu- 
lated ; at which time he shall give his pledge that he will 
faithfully obey the Laws and Regulations of the College, 
while he shall continue a member thereof. 

The Faculty are authorized, in their discretion, to 
receive as the equivalent of examinations for admission to 
the College, certificates of qualification for admissiou given 
by approved schools annually examined by some member 
of the College Faculty, and, in their discretion, to admit 
without further examination students who have received 
such certificates. 

The Faculty are authorized to make rules in relation to 
examination for admission to College, so that candidates 
may be tested in certain studies and receive a certificate 
which shall be conclusive as to such studies on a final 
examination. 

The Faculty are also authorized to conduct examinations 
for admission to College, according to the prescribed 
requirements, under the supervision of some professor or 
instructor of the College, at such other places than Bruns- 
wick as they may find expedient. 

5. Graduates of this or any other College, and persons 
desiring to pursue advanced studies in Science, and its 
applications in Philosophy, Philology, or Literature, may 
receive instruction from the College professors, and have 
access to the library, cabinets, and laboratory, paying 
therefor an adequate compensation, to be determined by 
the Faculty. 



CHAPTER II. 

OFFICERS AND DISCIPLINE OF THE COLLEGE. 

constitution 6. The executive authority of the College is vested in 
the Faculty . of the President, Professors, Instructors, Tutors, and Libra- 
rian, who constitute the Faculty of the College, and shall 



LAWS. 17 

prescribe from time to time such regulations, not incon- 
sistent with the laws of the College and the orders of the 
Boards, as the interest of the College may require, and 
shall administer its government according to its laws. 

The President shall annually report to the Boards for Regulations of 
their approval all regulations adopted by the Faculty Faculfc y- 
since the last annual meeting. 

The term of office of the President shall be five years, Terms of 
and of Professors three years, unless otherwise ordered at office - 
the time of their election. 

7. The President is to superintend the course of instruc- Duties of the 
tion and the general concerns of the College; to call President - 
meetings of the Faculty, and to preside and vote in the 

same ; to preside at Examinations, Exhibitions, and Com- 
mencements ; and to address, as he may find occasion, 
public and private instruction and counsel to the students. 

8. In case of a vacancy in the office of the President, vacancies in 
the duties of his office shall be performed by such member office - 

or members of the Faculty as they may designate, until 
another President shall be elected and enter on his office, 
or until action shall be taken by the Boards. In case of 
a vacancy in the office of Professor, Instructor, Tutor, or 
Librarian, his duties shall be performed by such person 
as maybe designated by the Faculty, until the next meet- 
ing of the Boards. 

9. The Faculty shall faithfully instruct the students in „ 

, r , J , , . J -i i i i ,i General duties 

the languages, arts and sciences prescribed, and shall of the Faculty, 
faithfully execute the laws of the College and maintain 
discipline and order. 

The President and each Professor, Instructor and Tutor Annual 
shall make annually a written report of the instruction Jjggj* 8 in 
and progress in his department, suggesting such improve- 
ments as he may think desirable. 

The Faculty shall also annually make a written report 
of the condition and moral character of the College, with 
such suggestions as they think proper. These reports 
shall be submitted to the Visiting Committee, to be pre- 
sented to the Boards at their annual meeting. 

10. To secure cooperation and uniformity of action the 
Faculty shall hold frequent and stated meetings to con- in a g C s U y 
sider and determine all questions pertaining to the order 

and interest of the College. 
2 



18 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

CHAPTER in. 

DAILY PRAYERS AND PUBLIC WORSHIP. 

Daily prayers 11. All undergraduates shall seasonably attend daily 
worship! 10 prayers in the Chapel, and such exercises of public wor- 
ship on Sunday as may be appointed at the place pro- 
vided by the Trustees and Overseers. 
Rights of con- But to secure the rights of conscience, any student at 
his own request, if he is of age, or at the written request 
of his parent or guardian if he is a minor, may have per- 
mission from the President to attend, instead, the services, 
of any Christian Society in Brunswick or Topsham. 

CHAPTER IV. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

Examinations 12. There shall be regular examinations of all classes 



science. 



at close of 



e> 



at the close of each term, to be conducted by the Faculty 
in such manner as will best promote a high standard of 
scholarship in the College, subject to such requirements 
as may be made from time to time by the Examining Com- 
mittee, who shall make to the Boards, at their annual 
meeting, a written report of their observations of the con- 
dition of the College in the matters of instruction and 
study. 
Final Examin- The final examination of the Senior class shall take 
ctess. * benior place on Tuesday, three weeks next prior to the Tuesday 
of Commencement week. 

CHAPTER V. 

TERMS, VACATIONS, AND ABSENCE. 

Terms and va- 13. The arrangement of terms and vacations shall be 
cattons " as follows :— 

Comencement on the fourth Thursday of June. 

Vacation, eleven weeks. 

The first term begins Tuesday eleven weeks from Com- 
mencement, and continues fourteen weeks. 

Vacation, two weeks. 

The second term begins on Tuesday, two weeks from 
the close of the first term, and continues thirteen weeks. 

Vacation, one week. 



LAWS. 19 

The third term begins Tuesday, one week from the 
close of the second term, and continues tilt Commence- 
ment. 

At the beginning of each term the first College exer- 
cises will be morning prayers on Tuesday. 

14. During vacation no student shall reside in College Residence and 
except by permission of the Faculty, and under such reg- cation^ m Va 
illations as they may prescribe. For disorderly or im- 
moral conduct in vacation, every student shall be respon- 
sible as in term time. 

CHAPTER VI. 

THE LIBRARY. 

15. The Librarian shall attend in the Library, daily, at Duties of 
such hours as the Faculty may appoint ; and no book Llbrarian - 
shall be borrowed, or returned, but in his presence or 

that of his Assistants. 

The Librarian shall annually submit to the Visiting Annual report. 
Committee a written report of the number of books 
belonging to the College, their general state and condition, 
and the expenditures made during the year, with such 
suggestions respecting the Library as he may think 
proper. 

16. Funds appropriated for the use of the Library shall l^f^r 1 !" 65 
be expended under the direction of the Librarian. The 
Treasurer shall audit the Librarian's accounts before they 

are submitted to the Visiting Committee. 

CHAPTER VII. 

ROOMS, TERM BILLS AND OTHER EXPENSES. 

17. In each term every room shall be inspected by the Damages as- 
Treasurer, or some person employed by him for that pur- sessed - 
pose, and a record shall be kept of all damages, to be 
assessed upon the residents or persons committing the 

injury. Students shall be held responsible for the rooms 
assigned them, and shall be charged with damages to the 
same. All damages done to the College buildings or 
other property of the College by persons unknown, may 
be assessed equally on all the undergraduates, unless 



20 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Fuel how pro- 
vided. 



Faculty au- 
thorized to es- 
tablish Special 
Fees. 



Term Bill: 



Bills unpaid. 
Bond to be 
sued. 



there is reason to believe that the injury was done by 
other persons ; or may be assessed, at the discretion of 
the Faculty, on the occupants of rooms or seats nearest 
to the place where the damage occurs. 

18. Fuel shall be provided by the College for the stu- 
dents, to be charged in their term bills at its cost. It shall 
be the duty of the Treasurer to purchase the fuel and 
cause it to be delivered at convenient periods to the stu- 
dents who request to be supplied, and to keep all neces- 
sary accounts respecting it. 

19. The Faculty are authorized to establish special fees 
for the use of the laboratory, for instruction in drawing 
or other special instruction, and to direct when, for what 
and against whom they shall be made, having due regard 
for the cost to the College of such special instruction 
above the regular tuition and to the amount of similar 
charges in other institutions, subject to the approval of 
the Finance Committee, and to be distinctly explained in 
the Catalogue. Such fees shall be entered on the term 
bills and collected by the Treasurer. 

20. In each term the Treasurer shall make out the 
term bill in duplicate for each student, one of which he 
shall deliver to the student and the other to the Faculty, 
who shall forward it to the student's parent or guardian 
with the account of rank, absences and deportment. In 
this term bill every student shall be charged twenty-five 
dollars for tuition, including incidentals; room-rent; his 
just proportion of expense for damages ; his library fines ; 
gas and the cost of fuel, and of materials expended in 
scientific study. In the last term bill of each member of 
the Senior class the expense of his diploma and of music 
for Commencement shall be charged. If for any cause a 
student shall leave College before the end of a term, or 
shall be absent during a part of a term, his term bill shall 
be made out for the whole term. If any student shall be 
absent an entire term and shall then be re-admitted to his 
class, he shall be charged tuition and incidentals for the 
term during which he was absent. 

21. Term bills are due at the close of each term, and if 
not paid at the commencement of the next term, interest 
shall be charged ; and the person responsible for the debt 



LAWS. 21 

or his bondsman shall be notified by the Treasurer and 
immediate payment demanded. No student shall be 
admitted to a higher class until all his term bills are paid, 
except in special cases by permission of the Faculty. If 
payment is unreasonably delayed, the Treasurer shall put 
the bond in suit. 

22. No student shall board at any house or with any Board regu i a . 
boarding club disapproved by the Faculty. ted - 

CHAPTER VIII. 

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS, MEETINGS, VACANCIES, ETC. 

23. The President of the College, or a majority of the special Meet- 
Visiting Committee, may call special meetings of the ggj.gj the 
Boards by written notice addressed to each member, 
deposited in the mail at least five days before the day des- 
ignated for the meeting, and specifying the object for 

which the meeting is called. 

24. Any member of either Board who shall neglect to vacancies. 
attend two stated meetings successively without giving 

in writing a satisfactory excuse for his absence, shall be 
considered as having voluntarily vacated his seat, and the 
vacancy so happening shall be filled without delay, unless 
in the interval between the said meetings, he shall have 
attended, either a special meeting of the Boards or a pub- 
lic examination on a committee for that purpose, in either 
of which cases such attendance shall be deemed equiva- 
lent to an attendance on a stated meeting. 

25. There shall be entered on the records of the Board special gifts 
of Trustees and Board of Overseers, respectively, all *p?S records, 
special gifts and bequests for scholarships or other pur- 
poses, with the conditions attached, and rules made in 
conformity therewith. 

CHAPTER IX. 

VISITING COMMITTEE. 

26. At every annual meeting of the Trustees and Over- visiting com- 
seers there shall be appointed a joint Committee, whose mittee - 
duty it shall be, in the month of June prior to Commence- 
ment, to visit the College and Maine Medical School ; to 



22 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

inspect the buildings, libraries, and other College prop- 
erty ; to institute a proper scrutiny into the expenditures 
of the College and of the Medical School, and the situation, 
investment, and productiveness of the College funds ; to 
inquire into the state and condition of the College and 
Medical School, the manner in which the laws have been 
executed and the discipline enforced, as well as into the 
course of instruction pursued, and the moral deportment 
and literary improvement of the students. And it shall 
written report De tne duty of the said Committee to report in writing at 
votes f ° rmof * ne nex t annual meeting a statement of the facts, and to 
suggest such measures and improvements, as in their opin- 
ion will promote the interest and prosperity of the Col- 
lege, and be justified by the income and prospects of the 
College and the state of its funds. The report of the 
Committee shall also be accompanied by forms of votes 
to carry out their recommendations. The reasonable 
expenses of said Committee, incurred in performing the 
duties thus assigned them, shall be reimbursed out of the 
College treasury. 

( 8 ee further as to duties of Visiting Committee, ch. XI, 
138.) 

CHAPTER X. 

COMMENCEMENT AND DEGREES. 

committee on 27. There shall be a Standing Committee on Aca- 
Deg?IS! c demic Degrees, who shall select, for the action of the 
Boards, all candidates for such degrees. Such Commit- 
tee shall consist of the President of the Board of Over- 
seers as President ex officio, and of three members from 
each Board, to hold office one, two and three years, respec- 
tively, and to be replaced by the selection in each year 
of one member from each Board, to serve for a term of 
three years. 
conditions of 28. The Commencement shall be held on the fourth 
Fim Degrees. Thursday of June annually. None but members of the 
Senior class who have completed the prescribed course of 
study, or its equivalent, who have paid their College bills, 
and returned all books borrowed from the Library, or 
accounted for the same, shall be admitted to any first 



LAWS. 23 

degree ; nor shall any one be so admitted who neglects to 
perform the part assigned him as a Commencement exer- 
cise, unless previously excused by the Faculty ; or who 
has failed seasonably to deliver to the President a fair 
copy of his part. 

29. The degree of Master of Arts shall be conferred second De- 
upon those graduates, who after taking the Bachelor's grees# 
degree shall complete an approved course of advanced 
study, equivalent to one year's post graduate work, and 

shall pass with credit a written and oral examination on 
the same. Application for the degree must be made to 
the Faculty, not later than the first day of April in the 
year in which the candidate presents himself. 

30. Any person admitted to a degree may receive a Diplomas. 
Diploma, as a certificate of the same, signed by the Pres- 
ident and the Secretary of the Trustees, by paying five dol- 
lars to the Treasurer of the College. But honorary Honorary 
degrees, conferred by the Trustees and Overseers on ac- Degrees * 
count of distinguished merit, and the Diplomas for the 
same, shall be free from all charge. 

31. Persons who have received a degree at another Degrees 
College, may, on satisfactory evidence of their merit, be Ad eundem - 
admitted to the same degree. 

CHAPTER XI. 

FINANCES AND EXPENDITURES. 

32. The Treasurer, upon entering upon the discharge Treasurer to 
of the duties of his office shall give bond as required by £ lveBond - 
the Charter of the College, and by vote of the Overseers, 

in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, which bond 
shall be in the custody of the Secretary of said Board. 

33. In case of vacancy in the office of Treasurer or ina- vacancy m 
bility to discharge its duties, the President and Finance mea. how 
Committee, acting by a majority, are authorized to appoint 

a Treasurer to discharge the duties of the office until the 
Boards shall elect a Treasurer. In such case the Finance 
Committee is authorized to settle the accounts of the 
Treasurer, to receive all the property of the College, 
and to deliver it to the new Treasurer, and to take from 
him a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties. 



Finance Com- 
mittee. 



24 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Treasurer to 34. The Treasurer shall have the charge and custody 

andVinance of all the moneys, stocks, notes, bonds, securities and 

exSSnefunSs other evidence of property belonging to or held in trust 

of college. by t^ College, and shall keep the same in some safe 

place of deposit, easily accessible for examination and 

shall keep in his office a record or list of such deposits. 

The Finance Committee shall annually within ten days 

previous to Commencement, and at such other times as 

they may deem necessary make an examination of all such 

property of the College, and compare the same with the 

Treasurer's accounts and lists, and if found to agree 

therewith, shall give to the Treasurer a certificate of the 

same and shall also report to the Trustees and Overseers 

the result of their examination. 

investments to 35. All gifts, donations, bequests and other moneys received as a 
advice of ' part of the funds of the College, or as trust funds, shall be invested 
by the Treasurer under the direction of the Finance Committee, in 
safe and profitable securities, and in accordance with the condition 
accompanying the gift, if any. The Treasurer shall open and keep 
an account of each trust and of each special fund, and of the income 
thereof. Three members of the Finance Committee may from time 
to time in writing authorize the Treasurer to transfer corporate stocks, 
bonds, notes and other securities of the College, as occasion may re- 
quire; and no such assets shall be sold, or otherwise disposed of, with- 
out such authorization. 
Collection and 36. The Treasurer shall collect all interest, dividends, rents, in- 

disbursement of . . . .. , - ti . . r , . 

funds. come, tuition and other dues to the College and its trust funds, and 

shall disburse the same in payment of the expenses and indebtedness 
of the College and pursuant to votes of the Trustees and Overseers. 

Treasurer shall 37. The Treasurer shall annually make a report, which shall be 

make Annual •>,■,• ■, i -r^ \ ^ -, 

Report to printed and submitted to the Boards, at their annual meeting, con- 

Boards m pnnt. taining the following items, viz.: an abstract of the receipts and ex- 
penditures of the College for the last year, designating the amounts 
spent under each appropriation, a statement of the funds and property 
of the College held for general College purposes, and of the funds 
held in trust for specific purposes, with the income derived from each, 
and an estimate of the receipts for the coming year. He shall also 
state the receipts of income from each Special Fund and from every 
Fund held in trust or for any special purpose, and the expenditure on 
account of such income and his estimate of receipts for the coming 
year shall also cover the income from the same Funds. In making 
such statements and estimates, he shall distinguish what portion of 
the income of any particular Fund has accumulated, or will accumu- 
late, in accordance with the terms of the gift. 
Re E or * *° be 38. The Treasurer shall submit the above report, at least one week 

audited by . . . 

Finance Com- prior to Commencement to the Finance Committee, together with 
vouchers for all disbursements made by him; and said Committee 
shall examine the same and compare it with his books, and certify 



mittee. 



LAWS. 25 

and allow said account, so far as they shall find it to be correct and 

duly authorized and vouched. Such report, and all papers, account 

books and other records of the Treasurer's office, shall be open to the visiting Com- 

examination at any time of the Visiting Committee. On the basis of mittee to rec- 

ommend 

the Treasurer's report, and in view of the wants of the College, the Appropriations. 
Visiting Committee shall recommend such appropriations under the 
hereinafter mentioned heads as they shall deem necessary. 

39. At every annual meeting the Boards shall vote the appropria- Boards to vote 

, . P „ . . , i Appropriations. 

tions for the current year under the following heads, and no money 
shall be drawn or paid from the Treasury except by virtue of the 
same or of some special appropriation as hereinafter provided : Salar- 
ies, Special Instruction, Scientific Department, Gymnasium, Repairs 
and Insurance, Grounds, Fuel, Printing and Advertising, Chemicals, 
Stationery, etc., Incidentals, Library, Contingent Expenses. Special 
appropriations or additions to the general appropriations may be 
made at the annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that 
purpose. 

The Visiting Committee shall estimate annually in lump the in- 
come receipts from all special Funds the income of which is especially 
appropriated to the library, scholarships, prizes or other special pur- 
poses, including only such as have not heretofore been usually in- 
cluded in the annual estimates of receipts, nor covered into the annual 
appropriation orders; and also, in preparing the annual appropriation 
orders, the Committee shall insert an appropriation in lump of all such 
income, substantially as follows, to wit : For the library, scholarships, 
prizes, and other special purposes, the income of all funds held in 
trust especially therefor, not to exceed, however, the income actually 
received, the income of each fund to be applied according to the terms 
and conditions thereof. Then carry out approximately the same 
amount as the estimated receipts. 

The Treasurer, under the direction of a majority of the Finance 
Committee, is authorized from time to time, during or at the close, of 
any financial year to transfer any unexpended balance of any appro- 
priation to any other appropriation or appropriations. 

40. The appropriations voted by the Boards shall in no Appropria- 
te be exceeded. The expenditure of the appropriations Seeded -Cw 
shall be made by the Treasurer, except those for the ex P ended - 
Library and contingent expenses, which shall be under 

the direction of the Faculty, to be drawn on the order of 
the President, stating under what appropriation it is drawn, 
and in each case the expenditure is to be charged to the 
appropriation under which it is drawn. Special appro- 
priations, unless otherwise directed in the vote authoriz- 



26 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Purchase of 
stationery, 
chemicals and 
other materi- 
als. 



Treasurer to 
report to Fac- 
ulty names of 
Delinquent 
Students. 



Finance Com- 
mittee to audit 
Accounts. 



Inventories 
of College 
property. 



ing the same, shall be expended under the direction of 
the Treasurer. 

41. The Treasurer shall purchase such stationery, 
chemicals and other materials as may be needed in the 
instruction of the classes, and shall deliver the same to 
the instructors or officers under whose direction these are 
to be used, taking a receipt therefor, and shall keep an 
account of all such purchases, and of the persons to whom, 
and purposes for which delivered, which record shall be 
examined by the Finance Committee, and the bills for the 
purchase of the same approved, if found correct. 

42. The Treasurer shall report to the Faculty at the 
close of the first term of each year the names of those 
students who have failed to present the bonds required 
by the College laws, and shall also seasonably report the 
names of those who are delinquent in the payment of 
their Term Bills. 

43. All officers or other persons having charge of the 
expenditure of money under the several appropriations or 
otherwise, shall render an account of such expenditure, 
accompanied with the proper vouchers, to the Finance 
Committee at least one week before Commencement, who 
shall audit the same, and report to the Boards at the 
annual meeting. 

44. It shall be the duty of the Professors having charge 
of the Instruments, Chemicals and other College property 
used in the Course of Instruction, to make an inventory 
of the same at the commencement of the year, and the 
Professors shall give to the Treasurer their respective 
receipts for that which shall be by them received, subject 
to use and ordinary wear and tear. 



Treasurer to 
have custody 
of Buildings. 



CHAPTER XII. 

COLLEGE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. 

45. The use and control of the rooms and buildings of 
the College shall be under the direction of the Faculty, 
but the Treasurer shall have the custody of the same. 

46. The Treasurer with two members of the Faculty, 
to be annually designated by the Boards, shall constitute 



LAWS. 27 

a Committee on Grounds and Buildings who shall have committee on 
general supervision of the same, with power to employ Bmidings* nd 
all necessary janitors, carpenters and other employees in 
this department and to disburse all funds appropriated by 
the Boards for the above objects. 



28 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



REGULATIONS OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE, ADOPTED BY 
THE FACULTY AND APPROVED BY THE BOARDS. 



BOND AND TERM BILLS. 

1. Every student, on entering College, must give the 
Treasurer a bond with two satisfactory sureties in the sum 
of $200 for the payment of his term bills. For any unnec- 
essary or unreasonable delay in delivering the bond, the 
student may be excluded from the privileges of the 
College. 

2. Term bills are due at the close of each term, and if 
they are not paid at the commencement of the next term, 
interest may be charged at current rates. No person whose 
dues remain unpaid at the beginning of a College year is 
admitted to a higher class. 

MATRICULATION. 

3. A student is " matriculated" when he has appeared 
before the President (or some one appointed to act in his 
place), and has given his written pledge " to observe all 
laws and regulations of the College which may from time 
to time be in force, and to obey all lawful commands and 
requirements of the officers thereof " By matriculation a 
student's admission is completed, and he becomes entitled 
to all the privileges of the College. 

4. An unmatriculated student is not a full member of 
College, and is liable to be dropped at any time for suffi- 
cient cause, at the discretion of the Faculty, without 
warning, 

5. Every student admitted on probation at the begin- 
ning of the College year is entitled to matriculation at the 
beginning of the winter term, provided he (1) has passed 
his examination for admission without condition, or, hav- 
ing received conditions, has canceled them in such ways 
as his instructors may severally direct, (2) has filed his 
bond with the Treasurer, (3) has approved himself in 



REGULATIONS. 29 

deportment and character, and (4) has attained a mini- 
mum rank oifive and one-half, in attendance and scholar- 
ship combined, on a scale which permits a maximum rank 
of eight. 

6. A student who has not qualified himself for matricu- 
lation by the beginning of the winter term, may, by con- 
sent of the Faculty, be permitted to postpone his matric- 
ulation until some time not later than the close of the 
College year, when he shall have complied with the 
requirements of Section 5. 

CLASS OFFICERS. 

7. At the beginning of each College year, the Faculty 
appoint four of their number to act as officers of the 
respective classes during the year. 

The duties of the class officers are as follows : 

(1.) They make announcements from the Faculty to 
the students of their respective classes. 

(2.) They receive and transmit petitions to the Faculty 
from their students. 

(3.) They receive from monitors daily records of the 
attendance of their respective classes upon all religious 
exercises, declamations, and lectures, at which the moni- 
tors are notified to serve. 

(4.) They keep a record of all absences from such 
exercises, ascertain their causes, and report them, when 
necessary, to the President or Faculty. 

(5.) At the close of each term, they enter upon the 
statement of rank of each student under their charge the 
number of times he has been absent, without sufficient 
reason, from required exercises other than recitations, his 
rank for the term in attendance and scholarship combined, 
and his conditions, if he has any. 

RANK. 

8. The rank of a student in each study is determined 
by a combination of marks given (1) for attendance at 
required exercises and (2) for quality of work done. 

Attendance rank is averaged on a scale of six. 

Credit for work performed is averaged on a scale of ten. 



30 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

This method of computation permits a maximum aver- 
age term rank of eight. It is this rank which is made 
the basis of awards and conditions. 

9. First Class Standing in any study denotes that a 
rank of seven or more has been secured. 

Second Class Standing denotes a rank below seven and 
not below six. 

Third Class Standing, a rank below six. 

Conditioned denotes a rank below five and one-half. 
All conditions must be made up according to Section 15. 

10. Themes and declamations, which receive no attend- 
ance mark, are marked on a scale of eight for a perfect 
exercise. 

11. The required work in the gymnasium is regarded 
as a full study during the Winter Term. 

DELINQUENCIES IN RANK. 

12. At the middle and end of each term the Faculty 
examine the standing of each student, and if it is found 
that the average of combined attendance and recitation 
rank in all his studies is below five and one-half, the stu- 
dent and his parent or guardian may be warned that he is 
in danger of being dropped at the end of the term. 

13. At the close of each term, any student whose rank 
for the term is below five and one-half may be dropped 
at the discretion of the Faculty, provided that he, and his 
parent or guardian, if he is under age, were warned at or 
about the middle or end of the term as provided in Sec- 
tion 12. 

14. Omitted exercises are to be made up at such times 
as the several instructors may appoint. Failure to meet 
an appointment for making up is marked the same as a 
failure in recitation. 

15. Students who are conditioned for delinquency in 
any study are allowed three weeks from the beginning of 
the following term to make up such conditions. Entrance 
conditions must be made up by the beginning of the sec- 
ond term. 

16. Any student who is not able to hand in his theme 
at the appointed time must apply beforehand to the 
instructor in charge for a definite extension of time. In 



REGULATIONS. 31 

case of unexcused delay the instructor may refuse to ac- 
cept the theme, in which case the delinquent will receive 
zero as for a failure in recitation . 

APPOINTMENTS. 

17. All members of the Senior Class who attain an 
average rank of seven or above, receive honorary appoint- 
ments at Commencement. The names of such members 
are printed on the Commencement program, and divided 
into two groups at the discretion of the committee in 
charge. The name of the first man in the class is clearly 
designated. 

18. All those attaining an average rank of seven or 
above, are required, unless excused, to write Commence- 
ment parts and read them before a committee from the 
Faculty. From the parts thus read, six are selected for 
delivery on Commencement Day. 

ABSENCES. 

19. An absence of less than one week cannot be 
approved simply on the ground that it is necessary. In 
general, such an absence will be approved only for the 
purpose of voting, on account of family bereavement, or 
in case of a duly accredited representative of some general 
College interest. 

Kefusal on the part of the Faculty to " approve " an absence is not 
to be construed as forbidding the absence. It is simply a refusal 
to permit the time included by the absence to be counted out in 
determining the attendance rank. 

RELIGIOUS EXERCISES. 

20. Attendance is required at Chapel exercises every 
week-day and on Sunday afternoon, and at a stated place 
of worship on Sunday forenoon. Seats are provided for 
all at the Congregational Church, and attendance there is 
expected unless permission is given by the Faculty to 
attend regularly the services of some other church. Such 
permission is readily given on a written application from 
the parent or guardian of a minor, or from any student 
who is of age. 



32 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

DISCIPLINE. 

21. At the opening of the College year in 1883, certain 
Articles of Agreement were adopted by the Faculty and 
by the student body, whereby the latter, within specified 
limits, became self-governing. Until that Agreement is 
annulled in accordance with its own provisions, it must be 
regarded as forming a constituent part of the College reg- 
ulations, by which all are bound, and which every student 
at his matriculation promises to obey. 

The following are the Articles of Agreement as revised 
and adopted June 1, 1894. 



ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. 
ARTICLE I. 

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BY PRESIDENT AND JURY. 

22. The administration of justice in the College shall 
be conducted by the President representing the Faculty, 
and a Jury representing the students. In the absence of 
the President, or any time at his request, the Faculty will 
designate one of their number to act in his place ; and the 
person so designated shall be for the time being, to all 
intents and purposes, "The President" referred to in 
these articles. 

ARTICLE II. 

CONSTITUTION OF JURY. 

23. The Jury shall consist of undergraduate students 
in good and regular standing and attendance, and shall be 
chosen as follows : Each of the four classes shall elect one 
member ; each chartered chapter of an intercollegiate fra- 
ternity of three or more years' standing in this College 
shall elect one member ; and all who do not belong to any 
such fraternity shall elect one member — provided that 
any of the groups just named, except a College class, in 
order to be entitled to representation on the Jury shall 
number at least ten persons ; but two or more of these 



REGULATIONS. 33 

groups each numbering less than ten, and together num- 
bering ten or more, may unite for the election of one 
member. 

ELECTION OF JURYMEN AND INDUCTION INTO OFFICE. 

24. Seats on the Jury which are filled by class election 
shall be vacated at the close of each College year. All 
other seats may be retained until graduation. 

Elections of Jurymen to take the places of those who 
retire at the close of a year maybe held before the vacan- 
cies occur, the choices thus made to go into effect when 
the seats become vacant. 

Each Juryman-elect, before taking his seat on the Jury, 
shall be inducted into office by assenting to the following 
pledge administered to him by the President : " You 
solemnly promise that you will faithfully perform the duties 
of Juryman with due diligenee and without fear or favor" 

ARTICLE IV. 

OFFICERS. 

25. The officers of the Jury shall consist of a Foreman 
and a Secretary. They shall be elected at a special 
meeting near the close of the year previous to that for 
which the Jury is elected, and shall serve for the ensuing 
year, and until their successors shall be elected. The 
Foreman shall preside at all meetings, and call special 
meetings as provided in Article VI. 

The Secretary shall keep a record of meetings, give 
notice of regular and special meetings, and have charge of 
records and documents. 



ARTICLE V. 

QUORUM. 

26. The Jury, consisting of persons elected and inducted 
into office, shall always be competent to perform their 
duties, provided their number is at least four. If their 
number is ever reduced below four, the adminstration of 
justice shall at once revert to the Faculty. 

3 



34 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

ARTICLE VI. 

MEETINGS OF JURY. 

27. The President and Jury shall meet in regular ses- 
sion, at such place and time as they shall designate and 
duly advertise. 

A special meeting of the Jury shall be summoned by 
the Foreman whenever in his opinion one is required, or 
on the request of the President, or of any Juryman, or 
on the written request of at least three students. 

In the absence of the Foreman, any Jurymen who is 
requested as above to do so shall summon a special 
meeting. 

RELATION OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE JURY. 

28. The President is in no sense a member of the Jury, 
his relation to it being for the most part like that of a 
judge to a civil jury. He may present to them any 
matter of business, may assist them in any way that they 
desire in the discharge of their duties, may point out to 
them omissions or errors in their ascertainment or appre- 
ciation of facts, or remonstrate with them for undue lenity 
or severity in their decisions. But he cannot control 
their legitimate action as Jurymen, except in matters upon 
which his decision is plainly called for in these articles, 
and he cannot call upon them to perform any duty as 
Jurymen which is not plainly committed to them in these 
articles. 

ARTICLE VII. 

JURISDICTION. 

29. The Jury shall have absolute and final jurisdiction 
over all cases of public disorder and all offenses committed 
by students against each other. 

The Faculty shall have jurisdiction over conduct during 
College exercises, conduct toward College officers, dam- 
age to College buildings, and all matters of personal mor- 
ality which affect primarily the character and reputation 
of individual students. 

Questions of disputed jurisdiction shall be referred to a 
committee of three Alumni, of whom the Faculty shall 



KEGULATIONS. 35 

choose one, the Jury shall choose one, and the two thus 
chosen shall choose the third. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

AMENDMENT AND ANNULMENT OF THESE ARTICLES. 

30. Amendments to these articles may be proposed by 
a majority vote of either party, and at the expiration of 
one week's notice to the other party may be adopted by 
concurring majority votes of both parties. 

Either party may decide by a three-fourths majority 
vote to give notice to the other party of its intention to 
withdraw its consent to the Articles of Agreement, and at 
the expiration of four weeks from the giving of such 
notice may by another three-fourths majority vote affirm 
its withdrawal of consent. These articles, with any 
which may have been added to them by amendment, shall 
then stand annulled, and the administration of justice shall 
at once revert to the Faculty. 

All voting of students as provided in this Article must 
be by ballot in meetings of all the classes assembled 
together for the purpose, in pursuance of public notice 
given the day before the one on which the meeting is to 
be held. 



OCCUPANCY OF COLLEGE ROOMS. 

31 . Students whose homes are elsewhere than in Bruns- 
wick or Topsham are not permitted to live out of College 
so long as any College room remains unoccupied, unless 
they obtain permission in writing from the President and 
Treasurer. 

Occupants of rooms are responsible for their condition, 
and are liable to be charged for all unnecessary damage 
done to them. 

32. A student, on entering College, secures a choice of 
room by making application at the Treasurer's office and 
signing a written statement to the effect that he will be 
responsible for his room rent. 

Applicants choose in the order of application from 
among the unoccupied rooms. If two or more persons 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



apply at the same time and choose the same room, the 
right to have it is determined among them by lot. 

If any student does not make application fora choice, a 
room will be assigned to him after the applicants have 
been served. 

33. Shortly before the close of each College year, the 
Treasurer gives public notice of time and place for draw- 
ing rooms for the ensuing year, the right of choice being 
given to the classes in the order of seniority, beginning 
with the Juniors. 

All who wish to retain their rooms for another year 
must notify the Treasurer in writing of their wish, and in 
case of retention for several years, this notice must be 
repeated each year. 

Any student who wishes to obtain a new room must 
appear before the Treasurer and make the statement 
required in Section 32 ; he will then be served as explained 
in that Section. 

34. If two students wish to room together, they may 
present a joint statement signed by both, as required in 
Section 32. 

If a student necessarily absent wishes to have a room 
drawn for him, he must add to the statement required in 
Section 32 a written authorization of some person to act 
as his proxy in drawing. 

After the drawing in each class is concluded, no ex- 
changes will be allowed except by permission of the 
Treasurer. 

35. The rent of rooms varies in accordance with the 
following schedule : 



No. of Room. 

5, 6, 7, 8, 21, 22, 23 

9, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27 

10,28 

1, 2, 3, 4, 17, 18, 19, 20 

13, 14, 15, 16, 29, 30, 31, 32 



Price. 


MAINE HALL 


$110.00 

102.00 

84.00 

70.00 

66.00 






WINTHKOP HAI 


$60.00 
50.00 
40.00 
30.00 


• 



7, 8, 21, 22, 23, 24 

5, 6, 11, 12, 25, 26, 27, 28 

9, 10, 29, 30 

13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 31, 32 



REGULATIONS. 37 

APPLETON HALL. 

$60.00 . . . . . • • 21, 22, 23 

50.00 . . . . 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27 

40.00 . . . . . . . 10, 28 

30.00 . . . 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 

20, 29, 30, 31, 32 

COLLEGE LIBRARY. 

36. During term time the Library is open every day, 
except Simons, from 8.30 a. m. to 12.30; from 1.15 to 
5 ; from 7 to 9 p. m. 

After sunset only the main room, Banister Hall can be used. In 
vacation, the library is usually open every weekday in the afternoon. 

37. Officers, students, and graduates of Bowdoin Col- 
lege, and the Medical School of Maine, and clergymen 
resident in Brunswick and vicinity, may borrow books 
from the library. 

This privilege may be extended to any responsible person by the 
Library Committee on written application. 

38. Books are loaned only on presentation at the 
charging desk, where the borrower signs slips bearing the 
location of each volume and thus assumes full responsi- 
bility for the books so borrowed. 

39. No one, except a College officer, is allowed to keep 
from the Library more than three volumes at a time, nor 
any volume longer than one month without renewal. 

But for the purpose of aiding the investigation of a particular 
subject, the Librarian is authorized to loan at his discretion on formal 
application additional volumes, for a definite period. 

40. No book can be renewed if a " reserve " is on its 
registered slip. 

A book wanted when out will be reserved for the applicant after 
its return, if he leave his address and the title of the book on the 
blank provided at the Loan Desk. This " reserve " will be sent him 
on the return of the book. 

41. College officers may draw as many books as they 
require for the prosecution of their College work. 

Such books, however, are subject to the rules in regard 
to renewal and fines. Books needed in the actual work 
of instruction may be temporarily or permanently located 
in laboratories or recitation rooms. 



38 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

42. All books loaned to students must be returned at 
the end of the year on or before a certain date which is 
announced by special notice. 

Books not then returned become at once subject to Rules 46 and 47. 

43. Books belonging to the reference department and 
current numbers of periodicals, cannot be loaned. 

44. The Librarian, on request of any professor, may 
temporarily transfer from the loan to the reference depart- 
ment any books needed for constant use, or restrict the 
consultation of special works. 

The use of Library books as text-books without special permission 
is forbidden. 

45. On authorization from the Library Committee, the 
Librarian ma} 7 temporarily limit the period during which 
certain periodicals and popular books can be kept by one 
person to one week, and charge a fee of one cent a day 
for the use of duplicate copies of the same. 

46. Every person keeping a volume longer than the 
rules permit is fined one cent a day. 

In reckoning fines, vacations are included. Books may be renewed 
by written request, sent through the mail. 

Notices are sent to delinquents merely through courtesy. Fail- 
ure to notify will not excuse the fine. 

47. The Librarian is authorized to send for any book 
unreturned after one week's notice and collect a messenger 
tine of ten cents, and it is his duty to do so in case the 
book has been called for. 

48. Any book unreturned after one month's notice may 
be considered lost, in which case the borrower shall pay 
its value in addition to the fine. 

49. Notes or marks of any kind on books belonging to 
the Library are forbidden. The borrower is responsible 
for all injuries done to any book while it is charged to him. 

50. For wilful violation of any Library rule the Libra- 
rian may suspend the offender from all use of the Library 
till the case is acted upon by the committee. 

51. No suspension of any rule or remission of any fine 

shall be made except by the Library Committee on written 

application, and the Library privileges shall be withheld 

from all persons whose fines are unpaid. 

Fines must be paid when imposed. If afterward excused, the 
money will be refunded. 



RULES OF OVERSEERS. 39 



STANDING RULES AND ORDERS OF THE OVERSEERS 
OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



ARTICLE I. 

All elections by this Board, or in agreement with the Elections by 
Trustees, shall be made by ballot. ballot - 

ARTICLE II. 

The President, Vice-president, and Secretary shall beEiectionof 
elected at the stated meeting on the day before Com- vTSe-presV 
mencement, and shall each hold his office for the term of retard Sec " 
two years. In the absence or disability of the President, 
his duties shall be performed by the Vice-president. It 
shall be the duty of the President of this Board to preside 
at all joint conventions of the Boards of Trustees and 
Overseers. 

ARTICLE III. 

The Secretary shall be sworn to the faithful discharge Duties of sec- 
of the duties of his office, and shall receive for his ser- retary - 
vices fifty dollars a year, together with all disbursements 
for postage and other necessary expenses. He shall keep 
a true record of the votes and transactions of the Over- 
seers, and a list of the names of all members, designating 
the times of the commencement and termination of such 
membership. He shall record the names of all members 
present at each meeting, and shall report, at the opening 
of each meeting, the number of vacancies which exist in 
the Board and the names of those whose seats may be 
then vacant. He shall give notice of all stated and 
special meetings of the Board, in the manner hereinafter 
specified. He shall spread upon the records of the Board 
all reports of the Visiting, Examining and Finance Com- 
mittees, and all other important communications unless 
otherwise instructed by the Board. 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, 



Annual 
iug. 



Special meet 
ings : 



ARTICLE IV. 

meet- There shall be a stated meetiDg of the Overseers in 
each year, commencing on the Tuesday before Commence- 
ment at seven o'clock in the evening, and continuing, 
with such adjournments as may be found necessary, until 
the business before the Board shall be disposed of. 

Special meetings may be called by the President, or by 
the Secretary on application of any five members in writ- 
ing, expressing the time, place and purposes of the 



Notice of 
meetings. 



meeting. 



ARTICLE V. 



Notice of all stated and special meetings of the Board 
shall be given by the Secretary, or, in case of his absence 
or disability, by such person as shall be designated by the 
President, and shall be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to 
the last known address of each member, at least fourteen 
days before the time designated tor said meeting. No 
business shall be acted upon at any special meeting, unless 
specified in the notice of such meeting. 



ARTICLE VI. 



Opening . 
cises: No 
absences with 
out leave. 



When a quorum of the Board shall be assembled, the 
meeting shall be opened with prayer by some one of the 
reverend clergy, if any be present ; and after a quorum is 
formed, no member shall absent himself without leave. 



Parliamentary 
proceedings: 
Yea and nay 
vote. 



ARTICLE VII. 

The proceedings of the Board shall be according to gen- 
eral parliamentary law ; and every member present, when 
a question is put, where he is not excluded by interest, 
shall vote, unless the Board for special reasons shall 
excuse him. A yea and nay vote shall be taken, in any 
case, on demand of one-fifth of the members present. 



Vacancies in 
Board, how 
filled. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

Vacancies shall be filled by the written votes of a major- 
ity of the members present. A nomination list shall be 
made of the names of candidates, and no person except 



RULES OF OVERSEERS. 41 

nominees of the Alumni Association shall be eligible, 
unless his name shall have been placed upon the nomina- 
tion list, which shall be prepared as follows : The Secre- 
tary of the Board shall transmit to each member, at least 
one month prior to Commencement Day, a statement of 
the probable number of vacancies in the Board to be filled 
at the coming meeting. The Secretary shall make up a N 0mination 
Nomination List, placing thereon the names of candidates listtobemade - 
proposed by any members of the Board, which list shall 
give the name of the candidate, his place of residence, and 
the name of the member of the Board proposing him. No 
name shall be placed upon this list unless it shall have been 
received by the Secretary at least two weeks prior to Com- 
mencement Day ; and a cop}' of the list, so made up, shall 
be forthwith, and at least ten days prior to Commence- 
ment, mailed tc each member of the Board. The Board, 
however, may, by unanimous consent indicated by ballot, 
add a name to the eligible list at any time prior to the 
election. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Any member, who shall neglect to attend two stated vacancy caus- 
meetings, successively, without giving under his hand in to\ b tte f nd ll two 
writing a satisfactory excuse for his absence shall be con- JJ*^ meet " 
sidered as having voluntarily vacated his seat, unless in the 
interval between the said meetings he shall have attended 
either a special meeting of the Board or a public examin- 
ation, on a committee for that purpose ; in either of which 
cases such attendance shall be deemed equivalent to an 
attendance on a stated meeting. 

ARTICLE X. 

Communication with the Board of Trustees shall be Message to 
by message, to be delivered by such persons as the pre- SSJ&es. 
siding officers shall appoint. 

ARTICLE XI. 

When a written vote, message, or order of the Trustees votes of agree- 
shall be communicated, it shall be entered on the Secre- agreement? 
tary's minutes, and as soon as the vote of agreement or how certltied - 
disagreement shall have been taken and recorded, the 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



said vote, message, or order shall be returned to the Trus- 
tees, with the vote of agreement or disagreement entered 
thereon, and certified by the Secretary ; and a full and true 
record of all such votes shall be made by the Secretary. 

ARTICLE XII. 

Accountstobe This Board will not concur with the Trustees in pass- 
certifiedby j n g any account by them allowed, unless a certificate from 

Finance Com- " ■* *' 

mittee. the Committee on Finance shall be attached thereto, stat- 

ing that the same has been examined by them and found 
to be a just account. 



ARTICLE XIII. 

Nomination of All nominations of committees in this Board shall be 
committees. mac [ e by the presiding officer. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

Time of filling The time for filling vacancies in this Board shall be at 
vacancies. ^e morning session of each Commencement Day, unless 

a different time shall be assigned by vote of two-thirds of 

the members present at any meeting. 



Report on 
Honorary De- 
grees 
required. 



Secretary to 
notify mem- 
bers of their 
election. 



Secretary to 
notify mem- 
bers of their 
appointment 
on Commit- 
tees. 



ARTICLE XV. 

No vote shall be taken to confer any honorary degree, 
until a report thereon shall have been made by the Joint 
Standing Committee on Degrees ; and when such vote is 
taken it shall be taken by written ballot. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

Whenever a person shall be elected a member of this 
Board, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify him 
of his election, and request an answer; and if he fail to 
signify his acceptance before the next annual meeting, or 
to attend said meeting, his seat shall be considered 
vacant. 

ARTICLE XVII. 

It shall be the duty of the Secretary to promptly notify 
in writing each member of committees appointed to serve 
during the year, including in the notice a list of the full 
committee. 



ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PLAN. 43 



PLAN FOR NOMINATING OVERSEERS, ADOPTED BY 
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, JUNE, 29, 1889. 



First: — At each annual meeting of the Alumni Asso- Commit t e e on 
ciation a Committee shall be constituted which shall be Nominations. 
known as the Committee on Overseers' Nominations. 
The Committee shall consist of the President and Secre- 
tary of the Association and of three others to be appointed 
in such manner as may be determined at the meeting. 

Second: — The Committee shall ascertain at as early a D utiesofCom- 
date as may be practicable, the number of nominations to mittee. 
be made, and shall cause the Secretary to send to each 
Alumnus whose address is known, a card or circular, 
stating the number of such nominations to be made by the 
Association, and containing blanks in which the recipient 
may write the name or names of candidates he may wish 
to suggest, such blanks when filled to be returned to the 
Secretary before a date fixed in the circular. These 
returns shall be canvassed by the Secretary. All candi- 
dates receiving as many as twenty-five votes shall be 
placed upon what shall be know as the " Eligible List." "Eligible List" 
The same name shall be counted only once on the return ? e °cL constltu " 
of any one Alumnus in any voting hereby provided for. 
If more than double the number required for probable 
vacancies in the Overseers to be nominated by the Asso- 
ciation shall receive twenty-five votes, the names up to 
the required number shall be placed upon the eligible list 
in the order of the number of votes respectively. The 
Committee shall have power to add to the eligible list as 
constituted as aforesaid, an equal number of names 
whether suggested or not by the returns from the Alumni. 
And in case such returns fail to reach a requisite number 
to require placing names on the list, the Committee have 
power to make up the eligible list to the full limit, which 
shall consist, as nearly as may be, of four times the entire 
number of Overseers to be nominated. 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Nominees how 
selected from 
"Eligible 
List." 



Secretary to 
certify Nom- 
inees. 



Third: — A circular or card containing this " Eligible 
List," those names added by the Committee being indi- 
cated, shall be sent by mail to each Alumnus whose 
address is known, who shall mark his initials against so 
many of the names thereon as there are Overseers to be 
nominated, as such number shall be stated in the circular, 
and sign and return the same to the Secretary in time to 
be received in the ordinary course of the mail, by or 
before a date to be named in the circular, which date shall 
be at least ten days prior to Commencement Day. The 
Secretary shall be at liberty wholly to disregard any 
return not signed by the Alumnus, but all returns made 
shall be treated as confidential, and not made known to 
any one who is not a member of the Committee. And no 
member of the Committee shall be placed upon the eligi- 
ble list, although he may have received the requisite 
number of preliminary votes. 

Fourth: — The Secretary shall forthwith canvass the 
returns and make known to the Secretary of the Board of 
Overseers the result, certifying to him as the nominees of 
the Alumni, the requisite number of names upon the 
"Eligible List" which shall be found to have received 
the greatest number of votes in their order. 



LAWS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL. 45 



RULES OF MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE. 



CHAPTER I. 

FACULTY. 

1. The Faculty shall consist of the President of the Col- Faculty how 
lege, one member of the Board of Trustees, two members 

of the Board of Overseers, and the principal teacher in 
each of the following departments : 

Anatomy. 

Physiology. 

Chemistry. 

Obstetrics. 

Surgery. 

Pathology and Practise of Medicine. 

Materia Medica and Therapeutics. 

Medical Jurisprudence. 

Diseases of Women. 

Diseases of Children. 

2. The faculty shall make all necessary regulations for Regulations of 
he details of the government and instruction of the School, Faculty - 

subject to the approval of the Boards. 

3. Professors shall be elected for the term of three Terms of of- 
years, Lecturers for the term of one year, unless other- flce ' 
wise prescribed by the Boards at the time of their election. 

4. The Faculty may appoint annually Demonstrators Demonstra- 
in the several departments of the School. 



CHAPTER II. 

SECRETARY. 

5. The Faculty shall annually choose a Secretary, who Duties of sec- 
shall act as its recording and executive officer. 



46 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Notice of 
meetings. 



CHAPTER III. 

MEETINGS OF FACULTY. 

6. The Faculty shall hold meetings at the opening and 
at the close of the school year. Special meetings shall be 
held from time to time as may be necessary, upon the call 
of the President or at the request of any two members. 
The Secretary shall give each member at least twenty-four 
hours' notice of all meetings by mail or telegraph, and 
shall state the object of all special meetings in his notice. 



Vacancies, 
how created 
and how 
filled. 



CHAPTER IV. 

VACANCIES. 



7. If any teacher shall fail to perform his duties, with- 
out giving an excuse which is satisfactory to the Faculty, 
his position shall be considered vacated. Any vacancy 
occurring in the Faculty between the annual meetings of 
the Boards shall be filled temporarily by the Faculty. 



CHAPTER V. 

CARE OF PROPERTY. 

Annual report. $. The Faculty shall have the charge of the museums, 
library, apparatus, furniture and fixtures of the school, 
and shall annually report the condition of the same to the 
Boards. 

CHAPTER VI. 

FINANCES. 

Annual ac- 9. The Faculty shall present to the Boards at their 

audrted°. be annual meeting a detailed account of the receipts and 

expenditures of the School, which shall be audited by the 

Finance Committee of the Boards. 



Length of 
term. 



CHAPTER VII. 

LENGTH OF TERM. 

10. The annual course of instruction shall cover the 
twenty-four weeks immediately preceding the Commence- 
ment of the College. 



LAWS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL. 47 

CHAPTER VIII. 

COURSE OF STUDY. 

11. The course of study shall cover systematically course of 
three years of attendance, as follows : 

In the first year, Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, First year. 
Chemistry. 

In the second year, Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, second year. 
Obstetrics. 

In the third year, Surgery, Materia Medica and Ther- xhu-dyear. 
apeutics, Pathology and Practise of Medicine including 
Bacteriology, Diseases of Women, Diseases of Children, 
Diseases of the Eye and Ear, Diseases of the Mind, Med- 
ical Jurisprudence, Public Hygiene. 

12. The instruction shall be given by didactic lectures, Methods of 
demonstrations, clinics, recitations, quizzes and labora- instruction, 
tory exercises, the amount and proportion of each of these 

being left to the judgment of the Faculty. 

CHAPTER IX. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

13. The examinations for admission to the School and written ex- 
to the various classes, and those for graduation shall be amlnatlons - 
wholly or in part in writing. 

14. Candidates for Matriculation will be required to candidates for 
give evidence that they possess a good English education, ^uaSfication 11 ' 
including a knowledge of English Composition, Natural of - 
Philosophy, Mathematics, and such a knowledge of Latin 

as is embraced in the ability to read at sight exercises 
similar to those found in Harkness's Latin Reader ; they 
will also be required to show that they have mastered the 
elements of Chemistry as taught in manuals similiar to that 
of the inorganic part of Remsen's Introduction to Chem- 
istry. Those who are graduates of Colleges, Normal 
Schools, High Schools, or have passed the entrance exam- 
ination to any recognized College, on presentation of 
their diplomas or matriculation tickets, will be exempt 
from examination, providing that their previous studies 
have included Latin and Chemistry to an extent not less 
than herein prescribed. All without exception who have 



48 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Written prom- 
ise to obey 
rules. 

Candidates to 
higher classes 
and gradua- 
tion. 



When ex- 
amined. 



Eligibility for 
examination, 
how deter- 
mined. 



not such diplomas or tickets will be required to pass the 
entrance examination. 

15. Every matriculate shall sign an obligation to obey 
the rules of the School and to conduct himself properly. 

16. A student desiring admission to the second or 
third year must pass a satisfactory examination in all the 
studies of the preceding year, and a candidate for gradua- 
tion must pass a satisfactory examination in all of the 
studies of the third year. 

17. Examinations for advancement to the next higher 
class shall be held at the close of each year. Students 
who are unprepared at this time may be examined at the 
beginning of the next year. 

18. In order to be eligible for examination in first 
year studies, a student must furnish satisfactory docu- 
mentary evidence of his having studied medicine with a 
regular practitioner, or at a medical school of recognized 
standing, at least a full year ; for examination in second 
year branches two full years of such study shall be 
required ; and for examinations in the final three years' 
work three full years must be certified to. After 1899, 
four years of study will be demanded. 



CHAPTER X. 



TUITION FEES. 



Statement of 
fees. 



19. Thi 



tuition charged shall be as follows : — 



00 
00 
00 



00 



For instruction in the first year, $78 

" " " second year, 78 

" " " third year, 50 

" matriculation, payable each year by 
every student or practitioner who 
registers, 5 

For instruction to students who have attended two or 
more full courses at other regular medical institutions, 
per year, $50. 

Students who have attended three full courses, two of 
which have been in this School, shall receive their instruc- 
tion free. 

For final examination in Anatomy, Physiology, Chemis. 
try and Obstetrics, each $5. The twenty dollars thus paid 
shall be credited on the graduation fee. 



LAWS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL. 49 

For graduation, including diploma, $25. 
For anatomical material, its cost. 
For chemical material, its cost. 
For reexamination in any study, $3. 
All payments must be made in advance, and no fees 
will be returned. 

CHAPTER XI. 

QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION. 

20. A candidate for graduation must be at least Qualifications 
twenty-one years of age. He must have attended three u r n gradua " 
full courses of instruction in some regularly incorporated 
medical institution or institutions of recognized standing, 
each in a different calendar year, and the last course 
must have been in this School. He must deposit with 
the Faculty a satisfactory certificate of good moral 
character. He must also present to the Faculty, at least 
ten days before the beginning of the annual examinations, 
a fair copy of a thesis upon a medical subject, composed 
by himself. The Faculty, through its Secretary, shall 
present to the Boards at their annual meeting a certified 
list of the candidates who are recommended by the 
Faculty for the degree of Doctor of Medicine. 

Graduates of other schools, who desire a degree from Graduates of 
this School, must attend a full course in this School other school., 
immediately preceding their examination. 

CHAPTER Xn. 

MATTERS OF DISCIPLINE. 

Any student who violates any of the rules of the School, violations of 
or is guilty of any irregular, disorderly, immoral or dis- punfsheSr 
courteous conduct, is punishable by public reprimand, 
exclusion from examination, or expulsion from the School, 
as may be determined by vote of the Faculty. 

Persons attending the exercises by courtesy must care- 
fully comply with the rules of the School, as a condition 
of enjoying that privilege. 

Damage to any of the property of the School shall be Damage to 
charged to the author of the same ; and, if he is not P r °P ert y- 
known, shall be equally assessed upon the students. 



50 BOWDOLN COLLEGE. 



MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE. 



♦REGULATIONS. 

LECTURES. 

1. The introductory lecture of the annual course will 
be given by the members of the Faculty in regular 
rotation. 

CLINICS. 

2. The Surgical Clinic will be held every Saturday 
morning beginning at quarter past eight o'clock and clos- 
ing at quarter past eleven. 

3. The Medical Clinic will be held every Thursday 
morning, beginning at quarter past ten o'clock aud clos- 
ing at quarter past eleven. 

4. Xo medical cases will be received on Saturdays, 
and no surgical cases on Thursdays. 

5. All examinations in the presence of the Class are 
made without charge. All surgical operations are gra- 
tuitously performed. 

EXAMINATIONS AND GRADUATION. 

6. Students and particularly candidates for graduation 
will be examined at least twice each week in each depart- 
ment by its Professor. 

7. The following regulations have been adopted in the 
departments of Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry and 
Obstetrics, these regulations not applying in whole to those 
who have previously attended two or more courses of 
lectures. 

•Adopted by the Faculty of Medicine and approyed by the Boards. 



REGULATIONS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL. 51 

ANATOMY. 

8. At the end of their first year in the school, students 
will be examined in histology, the anatomy of the skele- 
ton and the viscera. 

9. At the end of the second year students will be 
examined in the remainder of descriptive anatomy and 
topographical anatomy. Two parts must have been sat- 
isfactorily dissected and demonstrated before admission to 
the second year examination and two full years of medi- 
ical study completed. A part of the hours previously 
occupied with lectures will be devoted to text-book 
recitation. 

PHYSIOLOGY . 

10. At the end of the first year of study every student 
shall be examined in Physiology upon the functions of 
nutrition and reproduction, and if he presents a certificate 
of having completed two full years of medical study or 
having pursued approved courses in this branch in a 
reputable college or techincal school he may also be exam- 
ined upon the functions of relation. 

11. At the end of the second year every student shall 
be examined upon the functions of relation unless he shall 
have passed the entire examination at the end of the first 
year. 

12. A portion of the hours in this department also will 
be devoted to text-book recitations from Blakiston's edi- 
tion of Kirke's Physiology. 



CHEMISTRY. 

13. The chemical course extends through two years. 
In the first year are lectures and recitations three hours in 
each week. In the second year the course mainly con- 
sists of laboratory work in analytical and medical chemis- 
try six hours in each week for one-half the term. 

14. At the end of the first year each student shall be 
examined upon the chemistry of the first year, if he pre- 
sents a certificate of having completed two full years of 
medical study or of having pursued approved courses in 



52 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

chemistry in a reputable college or technical school, he 
may also be examined in the chemistry of the second year. 

15. At the end of the second year of study each student 
shall be examined upon the chemical .study of the second 
year unless he shall have passed the entire chemical exam- 
ination of the first year. 

16. A student who has pursued approved courses 
in chemistry in a reputable college or technical school 
may pass an examination on the chemistry of the first 
year at the beginning of the course. 

OBSTETRICS . 

17. Any student may also present himself for final 
examination in Obstetrics at the regularly appointed time 
for examination, provided he previously presents to the 
Secretary satisfactory evidence that, at the close of the 
current term , he shall have completed at least two years 
of actual study and have attended two courses of lectures, 
the second of which must have been in this school. Reci- 
tations from text-book will occupy a portion of the hours 
previously devoted to lectures. 

18. Students will receive from the Secretary of the 
Faculty certificates of successful passing of final examina- 
tions in Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, and Obstetrics. 

19. Students failing to pass the examination in Anat- 
omy, Physiology and Chemistry will be granted a reexam- 
ination at the beo-iunino- of the succeeding; term, but fail- 
ure upon that occasion will compel a repetition of the first 
year's work. 

20. At the beginning of the third year a reexamina- 
tion also will be granted those who fail in the examinations 
of the second year. If failure again results in any or all 
of these departments, it will prevent one from entering 
the graduating class. 

21. The examinations for the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine are held at the close of the course of Lectures. 
Degrees will be conferred upon Wednesday morning, 
June 22, after the usual graduating exercises. 

22. The candidates must be twenty-one years of age, 
and must have devoted three years to their professional 



REGULATIONS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL. 53 

studies under the direction of a regular Practitioner of 
Medicine. They must have attended three full courses 
of Lectures in some regularly incorporated Medical Insti- 
tution, and the last course previous to examination must 
have been in this School. They must deposit with the 
Secretary of the Faculty satisfactory certificates of good 
moral character and having pursued their medical studies 
for the required term. They must also pass a satisfactory 
written and oral examination in Anatomy, Physiology, 
Chemistry, Pathology and Practise, Surgery, Materia 
Medica, Obstetrics, Diseases of Women, Diseases of 
Children, Medical Jurisprudence. They must also pre- 
sent a thesis on some medical subject, a fair copy of 
which must be deposited with the Secretary of the Faculty 
at least ten days before the commencement of the exami- 
nations at the close of the Lectures. These copies are 
preserved in the Medical Library. 



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